conscription

There was a provision in the Union Conscription Act of 1863 that allowed wealthy men to pay $300 to buy their way out of service.

While forced conscription of Americans is rare, the practice of volunteering has a storied history.

When I reported for my conscription in 2010 I thought I would do my two years of service without anything happening.

Many national-religious Jews, including their political leadership, support universal conscription.

Charismatic and pragmatic Wilkie actively endorsed conscription and support for Great Britain early on.

The jailer, a loyalist, retained his position as a civil detail, thus protecting himself and sons from conscription.

A new conscription secured the forty thousand men for Bayonne, and General Clarke was ordered to fortify the frontier.

No one remonstrated when once more recourse was had to the fatal policy of anticipating the annual conscription.

In fact, with conscription and compulsory jury service, this pitiless dilemma arises before every one.

The issue of conscription brought to an end the political truce which had been declared in August, 1914.